The Rising Petrol Prices Are Impacting Our Suppliers!!!

Hi Darkwing, long time no see.. hope you are well. I agree we are definately heading for a recession, with the price of everything going up, my local petrol stations fuel prices went up by 4p this last week - it's astronomical - you know what the sad part is? Years ago the public wouldn't have stood for this, the smoking ban, the rise in all bills we were a nation that would have rallied and petitioned, what happened to us? We've all lay down and accept it, do we have no fight left? It's a shame really as if we all decided to do something about this we could make a difference.. Brightest Blessings

Hi Darkwing! I guess, this is a worldwide problem. Economy of many countries are dwindling down mainly because of the rising Petrol prices combined with corruption to some. In our country, smoking ban is limited to certain exclusive areas; so we just blame corruption in our government for its being unstable. Just my thoughts dear friend. Take care and have a nice day!

well they didn't loose any time did they ? I went to fill up last week and the petrol was up to £1;7p . and we are only 10 miles from Grangemouth refinery , the world id going mad pal . xx

Well, I feel all over the world is beginning to be effected and I am not sure there is really anything anyone can do unless someone can gain some Control over the Fuel prices and production to where we can see a slow down or maybe even a Decrease in price. But honestly since no one wants to take responsibility for that one, things continue to increase and we all suffer. Here in the US it is just as Bad, so you are no where near the only one ever experiencing this.

i can understand perfectly what you are saying... i am experiencing the same difficulties as well... especially plus the mortgage that i have and the interest rates keep on rising... it is ridiculous... i don't even know how to survive anymore on my paycheck if this keep on happening... me and my hubby can only pray to God and let Him guide our lives... we have to think about having baby as we can't afford it yet at this stage... it is sad but we have to accept the situation... fortunately, i will have a pay increase next month even though it is not much and my hubby will have his in july... hopefully everything will get better for all of us soon and the government can do something to solve the economic problem...

There was something on the news tonight, I didn't pay much attention, it was in the background and too disheartening. The average price rise of veges, meat dairy and groceries is around 40%! That's horrendous. When you consider the rising cost of fuel, electricity, phone , etc, I have even less dollars to spend on food. There is no work where I live so I'm on a fixed income, a government benefit. Things are becoming quite difficult. Budgeting is hard because the money sometimes doesn't stretch but it's imperitive.

It always amazes me that the people in charge (and paid megabucks!) have the whole picture at thier fingerstips and can not manage any situation as regards the economy. They always put the blame on us (industry) More strikes are brewing and will boil over very soon.

yes even here where am resident the prices of petrol has been increased about 3 times this year alone and this has had serious effects on the cost of every neccessities,food prices have gone up,even electricity tarriffs,and there are other rising costs ,its going to be a lot tougher on people within the low income and mediumincome group,i just hope it doesnt get worse than this

Our gas prices just jumped 20cents a litre. That means stealing from paul (food) to pay peter (gas). And with the rise in fuel, the rise in food and other consumer goods as it will cost the truckers more to get the goods across the country. Living in a largely rural country means that distances between two points are greater and the cost of goods higher in most places. It's a vicious circle and considering there really is no need for the rise every Spring, makes my blood boil. There are reserves of oil and gas already processed and just sitting there. The theory that more people will be on the road and consuming our resources just because of good weather, is what drives up our prices every Spring. It's not a sudden drop of availability for crying out loud. I have to stop now, and put another log on the fire as I can no longer pay my gas bill!

Yeah it is getting really bad. I heard from somewhere that they are expecting this to be the worst recession scince immediately following World War II. The rising gas prices are causing a raise in the price of everything and it is only going to get worst. I am a college student in the United States and I am currently taking a resources geology class. Our professor is directly involved with the mining industry. He said that the world oil production peaked in the 1970's. He said that there is simply not enough petroleum to go around. He said the the price of gasoline will continue to rise. He even went as far as to predict that most people in the US will be driving an electric vehicle in the next 10 to 15 years. Either electric vehicles or some other type of alternative fuel. After all this, one thing is for sure, these gas prices are definately choking the economy.

This year so far is turning out to be one scary year for a lot of people. I for one feel it and the fact that we have no savings at all to back us up should worst come to the worst just fills me with dread and since the beginning of the year I have been frantically scraping every spare penny together, cutting back on spending and basically trying to live as frugally as is possible!! Trying to do this with a husband who believes in spend today worry tomorrow is rather frustrating but I think I am getting through to him. Luckily, we do not travel about by car much and so although the petrol has gone up we do not feel it too much as my hubby only uses the car for work, but when it comes to our holiday and any days out in the summer then we will definately feel the pinch. We also have to worry about the factory my hubby works for, they are already making redundancies, hubby is safe, for now. We are lucky in that the only debt we have is our mortgage, and that is not for the full value only half and so we are in a better position at the minute than a lot of people, but we still have to find the mortgage money. Our milk has gone up too through our milkman, I think in the 2 months it has gone up by over a pound to 2 pound a month more and my weekly food bill has gone up by at least ten pound a week. I really do not know what the next year or two holds, I can only hope that it is not as bad as we are all expecting it to be or else there will be some sad and hard times ahead.

How right you are Darkwing, things seem to be going up and up and in faster increments. It is terrible. So many businesses are going bust. The government needs to get revenue some how but there is only so much the people can give without turning around and saying 'enough'. A little bit like the council tax riots (remember those in 1989/90?). Mind you does the government actually listen to its people is another major question!?!?! I think it is so sad when the businesses go bust. It isn't just about the loss of business etc., but also people's dreams have gone down the drain too and then it increases job losses, it is a vicious circle. Yep, i think you are right about lost revenue from smoking. Great idea getting smoking banned but did they really think about it in terms of monetary losses too! Thanks for sharing this with us.

here in the US milk is already up to almost $5 american currency and gas is at $4 and more in some areas. Small Grocery stores and locally owned businesses are debating on to shut the doors because of the rise in price gouging from the oil companies. If they do not get a hold of the problem now there will be many of people out of jobs and a depression will begin we are already in a recession and still they do nothing to resolve the problem. The government wants to spend the money and have us flip the bill for it by price gouging everything. The question is when will it stop and at what cost will it get to before someone does anything about it?

milk and gas aren't the only things that are going up the slice bread is $2.89 and the eggs are the $2.59 i've noticed everything is going pizza hot dogs i mean everything. i was also shopping in the supermarket and one of the guys who packs the bags said "the rice is going like water" i didn't pay any attention to it but my neighbor was telling me thier might be a rice strike because the gas prices are so expensive she said stock up on your rice but it's gonna be when you least expect it i laughed at first but she may be right..

got to ;ift the smoking ban and get rid of highway robbery of theoil companies

This seems to be a worldwide phenomenon Darkwing impacting us all. I get food stamp benefits but even though I get a decent monthly amount the benefits don't seem to be stretching as far as they used to..everything has gone up....all dairy products have skyrocketed..I used to be able to get a carton of eggs (medium or large size) for as cheap as 70cents to maybe 99cents now eggs are way over the dollar mark..jumbo eggs are $2.49! Even the plain white bread store brand that went for 99 cents now is about $2.00 and forget the cost of the healthier whole grain breads, about $4.00. Maybe you've heard that there are even riots for food especially in Haiti, not so much that food is scarce but no one can afford food. Steps are taking places all over the world for rationing food, limiting the amount say of rice one can buy. Sure doesn't look so great, does it?

It isn't just the price of fuel that is causing the price of food to go up. It it the fact that the US is not growing food anymore. We are growing corn for ethanol. All of our good productive farmland is being depleted by corn for stupidity. It costs more to make ethanol and it does not save anything because they are causing more pollution by producing it than if they just used gas. There are other grasses and such that could be used that are already growing for free all over that could be used for ethanol that would not cause polution and would not deplete our farmland and starve our poor. This is more propaganda and a way for big conglomerate farming to get rich while the little farmer is bankrupted. And the poor starve. Shalom~Adoniah

Hi Darkwing-I think this government is pathetic-the one thing they did for schools was give them ex-amount of million to pay for science classes!! Yes the schools need money but it could of gone to other uses as well,what about the nhs they got hardly anything, pubs are closing left right and centre cos of the loss in trade which started with the smoking ban-after that its just been a downhill spiral,my son got a pay rise and that is being taken in tax so he's not much better off,the price of communiting has gone up no end, it makes me so angry and once again we are the ones who are suffering and scraping just to pay our bills and get the menial nessecities food wise when will we be ever comfortable living-theway things are going it will only be the rich who will be-blessed be littleowl

It is extremely disheartening Darkwing but that is what happens when there is a free market. Everyone thinks of the positives of the free market but conveniently forgets the negatives like, we no longer know the real value of anything as prices are controlled by businesses who are only interested in getting away with as much as possible. As for tax there is a very simple solution to that, increase the amount of tax the obscenely rich pay. Also the non dom should be made to pay. Time and time again it is the poorest in society that are made to pay for the rich. It is an absolute disgrace that it is a labour government who abolished the 10% tax rate thus pushing low earners even further into debt.